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March 3, 1942. 'c. D. TRUSSELL 2,274,944

ALBUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHS AND NEGATIVES Filed Aug. 31, 1940 INVENTOR.tlanmce fl. Tmssell,

Patented Mar. 3, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ALBUM FOR PHOTOGRAPHSAND NEGATIVES Application August 31, 1940, Serial No. 354,931

1 Claim.

The invention here disclosed relates to photograph albums.

Objects of the invention are to provide an album in which photographscan be mounted for convenient reference and which will have facilitiesfor keeping and holding the negatives associated with the correspondingprints.

Other objects are to provide special photograph mounts which will formsmooth, firm mounts for the prints and at the same time practical,loss-proof containers for the negatives.

Further desirable objects and novel features of the invention by whichall purposes of the invention are attained will appear and are set forthin the following specification.

The drawing accompanying and forming part of the specificationillustrates one of the practical commercial embodiments of theinvention. Structure, however, may be modified and changed within thescope of the invention, as hereinafter defined and claimed.

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of one of the albums as opened up fordisplay or inspection of the pictures.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing how the mounts forming the pages ofthe album may be turned over from one side to the other.

Figure 3 is an enlarged broken sectional detail as on line 3-3 of Figure1.

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are views on a reduced scale showing the shape of theblank and method of its folding to form both a practical mount for theprints and an envelope enclosure for the negatives.

In Figures 1 to 3 a loose leaf form of binder is illustrated havingfront and back covers I, 8 and split binder rings 9 which can be readilyopened for insertion or removal of the loose leaf pages which form thephotograph mounts and negative enclosures and which can be as readilyclosed to retain the pages in their proper order.

The photograph mounting and negative containing pages are of specialconstruction to form smooth, substantial backings for the prints and toform enclosures in which the negatives may readily be placed or removedfrom and which will prevent accidental displacement or loss ofnegatives.

Figure 4 illustrates a blank for one of the pages, consisting of arectangular body portion ll! of the overall size of the page, havingextensions ll, [2 at opposite edges, foldable on lines I3, 14 and asubstantially full size extension l5 at one end, foldable on line IS.

The extensions II, I 2 are of approximately encies.

half the size of the page to be formed so that when folded inward onlines I3, l4 over the back of the front or body portion ll], theyapproximately meet at the center, as shown in Figure 5.

Then, when the substantially full size back panel I5 is folded up andsecured over the half size panels H, I2, as in Figure 6, there will beproduced a fiat three-layer mount for prints and an envelope which isclosed at the fold end H5 and fully open at the opposite end. The row ofopenings I! is punched across the latter, open end of the envelope, thusto make the rings of the binder, when the page is in place, form asecure closure for the open end of the envelope.

The three full thicknesses of the material give the page a desiredfirmness and degree of stillness and constructed as described, it isflat and free of any ridges or unevenness which might form ripples orridges in the attached prints.

The photographic prints, designated l8, may be applied to one or theother or to both faces of the envelope mounts. Figures 1, 2 and 3illustrate prints mounted on both the front and back of the carrierenvelopes and these may be alike or different, according to plans of theuser.

In the particular case illustrated a space or spaces for title, date andother identifying or associated data are provided at I9 on the front ofeach hollow page at the top, Figure 1, and at 20 On the back, at thebottom, Figure 2. Then when the pages are bound in, one stepped belowthe other, as viewed from the front, Figure 1, or one stepped above theother, as viewed from the back, Figure 2, all may be read at once andany particular one immediately selected.

Since both faces of the mounts may be used, each mount may carry twodifferent pictures, with titles and dates accordingly. In such instancethe negatives 2| for both prints may be placed in the same envelope. Thestiffness of the envelope mount, particularly because of the addedstiffness provided by the prints mounted on one or both faces of thesame, holds the negatives pressed flat, overcoming any curling tend-Thus the negatives are preserved indefinitely in proper condition foruse, in addition to being kept directly associated with the identifyingprints.

The added stiffness given by the applied prints and by the enclosednegative or negatives is of further advantage in the handling of theenvelope mounts, in placing them in or removing them from the binder.

The. envelope mounts may be made of a medium weight paper havingsufficient body and a surface which will take the cement and thus form apractical photographic mount. The full three-layer thickness of thestructure provides a mount which will hold the attached print or printsfiat against curling and this thickness also gives strength which willprevent the mounts tearing loose from the binder rings, even withcareless handling. By placing prints on both faces, any curling tendencyimparted by the print on one side is overcome or balanced by the printapplied to the opposite side, so in addition 'to the gain in thecapacity of the album, there is a structural advantage in making theenvelopes to carry prints on both faces. The print mounting envelopesmay be ornamented, if desired, as with borders and the like to more orless frame the pictures which are mounted upon the same.

Suitable fly sheets such as indicated at 22 may be bound in the binderat the back and front or in intermediate positions, such fly leavesbeing of particular aid in turning over a whole series of the steppedprint mounting negative containing pages of the album.

If desired, th paper or other sheet material used for the print mountingnegative containing envelopes may be tinted or colored and preferablyfully opaque. The surface may be treated to make the prints adhere themore readily and if desired they may be coated with pressure sensitiveadhesive and therefore be in condition for the prints to be immediatelyapplied thereto.

What is claimed. is:

In an album for mounting photographic prints and for retainingassociated with the prints the negatives from which the prints weremade, an

envelope constructed and arranged for the mounting of the prints on bothouter faces of the same and for engagement on the rings of a loose leafbinder and for retaining the associated negatives therein when soengaged on the rings of the binder, said envelope being of opaque paper,permeable to a cementing medium which will hold photographic printsdirectly applied thereto, said envelope being of a size and shape toform both mountings and surrounding backgrounds for prints of the sizeWhich are to be applied thereto and. thereby being of an envelope sizlarge enough to loosely contain the negatives for such size prints inthe space beyond the binder rings on which said envelope is engaged,said envelope having smooth, continuously flat and unbroken face layerssubstantially the full size of the envelope and forming two continuousflat mounts which will not wrinkle the prints applied over the same,said envelope being open only at the inner edge which is employed forretaining the same in the binder, the opposite face layers terminatingon a common line at said open end and said layers having a row ofperforations parallel to said edge to fit the rings of the binder andwhereby when engaged in the binder, said rings will form a barrier forretaining the negatives Within the envelope and cause said negatives toprovide internal separation between said face layers to which the printsare adhesively applied and to add thickness and body between said facelayers, thus to impart to the latter the general simulation of a rigidcardboard photographic mount.

, CLARENCE D. TRUSSELL.

